Prayers and Meditations — §38
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 38 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَرَى كُلَّ ذِي اسْتِقامَةٍ حَرَّكَتْهُ أَرْياحُ الامْتِحانِ، وَكُلَّ ذِي اسْتِقْرارٍ انْقَلَبَتْهُ نَفَحاتُ الافْتِتانِ، إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ أَخَذُوا خَمْرَ الحَيَوانِ مِنْ يَدِ مَظْهَرِ اسْمِكَ الرَّحْمنِ، أُولئِكَ لا يُؤَثِّرُ فِيهِمْ كَلِمَةٌ إِلاَّ كَلِمَتُكَ العُلْيا وَما تَجْذِبُهُمْ إِلاَّ نَفَحاتُ قَمِيصِ ذِكْرِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ وَفاطِرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّماء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble, and how the breath of trials hath stirred up those whose hearts had been firmly established, except such as have partaken of the Wine that is life indeed from the hands of the Manifestation of Thy name, the Most Merciful. These are the ones whom no word except Thy most exalted word can move, whom nothing whatever save the sweet smelling fragrance of the robe of Thy remembrance can enrapture, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and the Maker of earth and heaven!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §620: the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Immeasurably highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: Laudedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Great GodgleaningsGWB §633: the All-Glorious
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: to regardfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: that can behold Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: gazedgleaningsGWB §77: We point out
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), تَرَى (tará), ذِي (dhí), اسْتِقامَةٍ (istiqámahin), حَرَّكَتْهُ (ḥarrakath), أَرْياحُ (ʾaryáḥ) as “O my God, Thou beholdest, to tremble, the tempestuous winds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sublime stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §391: clearest evidencekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: sojourned inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: with such steadfastnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
This form usually rendered as “follow”, “movement”, “motion” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirredfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §311: liveth and movethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the movementtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: may the soulsfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §192: Supreme Spiritkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: that most pure Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: peace was utterly denied themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an immortal spirit
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “each” (850 occurrences)
SE expanded to “those whose hearts”
This form usually rendered as “still”, “glory”, “establishment” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath stirred up”
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §116: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: the sweet smelling fragrancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §289: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: wafted
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §528: with prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomgleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the wine
SE expanded to “is life indeed”
gleaningsGWB §244: in this, your vain lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of lifegleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeedgleaningsGWB §239: lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living waters
SE rendered أَخَذُوا (ʾakhadhúá), خَمْرَ (khamr), الحَيَوانِ (al-ḥayawán), يَدِ (yad), مَظْهَرِ (maẓhar), اسْمِكَ (ismik), الرَّحْمنِ، (ar-raḥmni،) as “have partaken, the Wine, is life indeed, Manifestation, name, the Most Merciful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §163: by the sword
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: had been revealedfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §537: of Heavenkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: tokens of Thy handiworktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by onefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: of their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: all-glorious Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
SE expanded to “the Most Merciful”
This form usually rendered as “god”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “These are the ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: earlygleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: first, theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the foundationgleaningsGWB §364: First Leader
This form usually rendered as “influence”, “can” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §39: the truth of the signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §560: Thy signswill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: marksgleaningsGWB §550: remnantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestations
SE rendered الرَّحْمنِ، (ar-raḥmni،), أُولئِكَ (ʾúlʾik), يُؤَثِّرُ (yuʾaththir), فِيهِمْ (fíhim), كَلِمَةٌ (kalimahun), كَلِمَتُكَ (kalimatuk) as “the Most Merciful, These are the ones, can move, word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §697: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy Word
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the Mostfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §222: noble and imposingkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: transcendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and this most augusttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §31: attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and attractedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: enrapturedgleaningsGWB §575: may attractkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
SE expanded to “of Thy remembrance”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: CzargleaningsGWB §612: and all their glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: His realmtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: would cleave asundergleaningsGWB §300: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the power ofgleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”
